Get ready for a warmer winter as La Niña makes a comeback, bringing below-normal snowfall to our area. 

La Niña returns: Expect warmer winter with below-normal snowfall for Triangle in 25-26

winter weather snow showers

Michelle Mackonochie - familiar to WRAL viewers after five years as part of the morning news team - will anchor the 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. newscasts with Dan Haggerty, and the 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Gerald Owens. 

WRAL welcomes Michelle Mackonochie to evening newscasts beginning Jan. 5

Michelle Mackonochie

What it really means to be an organ and bone marrow donor

Stay up to date with WRAL’s Kerr Lake news and reporting coverage

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Several state parks across central North Carolina remain closed due to the flooding damage caused by Tropical Depression Chantal and continued rain. 

Flood damage closes popular central NC parks: Check latest updates before visiting

Damage sustained to the suspension bridge at Eno River State Park

Pay a virtual visit to Kerr Lake with this live camera view.

Kerr Lake webcam

Kerr Lake

Two men have drowned in less than two days at Falls Lake and Kerr Lake, authorities said Monday.

Drownings reported at Falls Lake, Kerr Lake

Rescuers pull man, woman from Falls Lake after reported boat crash

At Jordan Lake, the water level was so high it covered a parking lot and damaged at boat ramp. Kerr Lake's water was even higher--12 feet above normal. With rain forecast for the next several days, the Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for potential floods.

Jordan Lake water levels cover parking lots as NC lakes prepare for potential floods

High lake levels cause damage, face potential for worse flooding this week

IF SOMEONE NEEDS HELP BREATHING THEY NOW USE A BAG MASK AND NO MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION. >> WITH ALL THE RAIN WE HAD LAST WEEK MARS INSPECTED THIS WEEK AND THE LAKE LEVELS ARE A CONCERN AND ALSO DOWNSTREAM. WRAL'S SARAH KRUEGER SPOKE TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO SEE WHOSE PROPERTIES ARE AT RISK OF FLOODING AND SHE JOINS US LIVE AT THE FALSE LAKE DAM.>>REPORTER: PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE AND JOIN FALSE LAKE AND PEOPLE ARE BEHIND ME FISHING AND IN OTHER AREAS WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE VOTING AS WELL BUT THEY ARE EXERCISING MORE CAUTION BECAUSE RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE THE WATER FLOWING OUT OF THE DAM IS FLOWING EVEN MORE VIOLENTLY THAN NORMAL THEY ARE LETTING MORE WATER OUT OF THE DAM. TALKING WITH ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS THEY SAY FALSE LAKE IS ACTUALLY AND PROBABLY THE BEST POSITION RIGHT NOW, AT JORDAN LAKE THE WATER IS SO HIGH IT COVERED PARKING LOTS AND DAMAGED ABORT OR A BOAT RAMP. AND IT CAR LIKE THE WATER IS HIGHEST OF ALL AT 12 FEET ABOVE NORMAL FORCE IN ALL BUT RAMPS ON THE NORTH CAROLINA SIDE OF THE LAKE TO CLOSE THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS CLOSELY WATCHING THE LEVELS AT ALL THREE LEGS SAYING THOSE WHO COULD BE THE MOST IMPACTED ARE THOSE DOWNSTREAM FROM CAR LAKE IS A RELEASE MORE WATER STARTING LATER THIS WEEK.>> I THINK IT PRIMARILY MAY BE SOME AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING PLANTED IN THEIR FIELDS, IT IS CLOSER TO THE RIVER, AND ON DOWN THROUGH THE LOWER ROANOKE. >> THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TOLD ME THAT A RETURN TO NORMAL COULD TAKE UNTIL THE END OF NEXT WEEK. ALL OF THAT DEPENDS ON IS HOW MUCH RAIN WE GET. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND OTHERS WILL BE VERY CLOSELY WATCHING THESE LAKE LEVELS.>> I WAS DOWNSTREAM FROM WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW AND THEY WERE

Bill sponsor says Franklin County officials feel Henderson has been charging too much for water.

Cooper vetoes Kerr Lake water system measure

Boil water advisory expands to Franklin County after Kerr Lake pump problem

Fight over rates threatens $18 million Kerr Lake water project

Loved ones are left with a lot of questions after a missing Henderson couple was found in Kerr Lake over the weekend.

Family left with questions after couple is pulled from Kerr Lake

'In a better place now:' Daughter mourns death of father pulled from Kerr Lake

Robert Bullock

Authorities are searching for the body of a man who drowned Sunday evening at Kerr Lake.